Bregman, Rodgers go 2-3 in draft

CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa – The Houston Astros and Colorado Rockies selected
2011 and 2014 Perfect Game All-American shortstops Alex Bregman and
Brendan Rodgers second and third overall during the 2015 MLB Draft on
Monday night. Bregman and Rodgers were two of 17 former PG
All-Americans taken in the first round, and two of the 23 taken on
the first day (rounds 1-2), of the annual draft.
Rodgers
was one of 19 All-Americans taken on Monday that participated in last
year's event, the 12th edition of the Classic.
There
have now been 165 PG All-Americans taken in the first round of the
draft since the event's inception in 2003. Six of those players –
Matt Bush, Justin Upton, Tim Beckham, Bryce Harper, Gerrit Cole,
Carlos Correa and Brady Aiken – have gone with the first overall
pick.
Thirty-seven
of the 42 (88 percent) players taken in the first round had
previously attended a Perfect Game event, 21 of which attended the PG
National Showcase. Of all of the picks made on the first day, 64 of
75 (85 percent) had played in a PG event with 35 of those attending a
National Showcase.
Carlos
Correa was promoted by the Houston Astros on Sunday night making him
the 104th former All-American to be called up to the big leagues and
the fourth from the 2011 edition of the Classic, joining Addison
Russell (Cubs), Joey Gallo (Rangers) and teammate Lance McCullers.
This
year's Classic will be played once again at Petco Park, home of the
San Diego Padres, on Sunday, August 16 and will be televised on MLB
Network. The Selection Show will occur on Monday, July 13 from the
Major League Baseball All-Star Game festivities in Cincinnati and
will be televised live online at MLB.com.
Here
are all of the former PG All-Americans that were selected on the
first day of the 2015 MLB Draft:

Rd.

Pick

Player

Team

School

Year*

1

2

Alex Bregman

Houston Astros

Louisiana State

2011

1

3

Brendan Rodgers

Colorado Rockies

Lake Mary (Fla.) HS

2014

1

5

Kyle Tucker

Houston Astros

Plant (Fla.) HS

2014

1

8

Carson Fulmer

Chicago White Sox

Vanderbilt

2011

1

10

Cornelius Randolph

Philadelphia Phillies

Griffin (Ga.) HS

2014

1

12

Josh Naylor

Miami Marlins

St. Joan of Arc Catholic (Ont.) HS

2014

1

14

Kolby Allard

Atlanta Braves

San Clemente (Calif.) HS

2014

1

15

Trenton Clark

Milwaukee Brewers

Richland (Texas) HS

2014

1

17

Brady Aiken

Cleveland Indians

IMG Academy (Fla.)

2013

1

21

Ashe Russell

Kansas City Royals

Cathedral (Ind.) HS

2014

1

22

Beau Burrows

Detroit Tigers

Weatherford (Texas) HS

2014

1

27

Mike Nikorak

Colorado Rockies

Stroudsburg (Pa.) HS

2014

1

32

Ke'Bryan Hayes

Pittsburgh Pirates

Concordia Lutheran (Texas) HS

2014

1

36

Ryan Mountcastle

Baltimore Orioles

Hagerty (Fla.) HS

2014

1S

37

Dazmon Cameron

Houston Astros

Eagles Landing (Ga.) HS

2014

1S

41

Austin Riley

Atlanta Braves

DeSoto Central (Miss.) HS

2014

1S

42

Triston McKenzie

Cleveland Indians

Royal Palm Beach (Fla.) HS

2014

2

51

Austin Smith

San Diego Padres

Park Vista (Fla.) HS

2014

2

52

Chris Betts

Tampa Bay Rays

Wilson (Calif.) HS

2014

2

59

Juan Hillman

Cleveland Indians

Olympia (Fla.) HS

2014

2

61

Andrew Suarez

San Francisco Giants

University of Miami

2010

2

67

Mitchell Hansen

Los Angeles Dodgers

Plano (Texas) HS

2014

2

70

Jahmai Jones

Los Angeles Angels

Wesleyan (Ga.) HS

2014

Thirteen more PG All-Americans were selected on Day 2 (rounds 3-10) of the draft, pushing the total so far to 36:

Rd.

Pick

Player

Team

School

Year*

3

92

Drew Finley

New York Yankees

Racho Bernardo (Calif.) HS

2014

3

101

Philip Pfeifer

Los Angeles Dodgers

Vanderbilt

2010

3

103

Rhett Wiseman

Washington Nationals

Vanderbilt

2011

4

116

Cody Poteet

Miami Marlins

UCLA

2011

4

126

Mac Marshall

San Francisco Giants

Chipola (Fla.) College

2013

5

136

Ryan Burr

Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona State

2011

5

149

Thomas Szapucki

New York Mets

William T. Dwyer (Fla.) HS

2014

6

172

Corey Zangari

Chicago White Sox

Carl Albert (Okla.) HS

2014

6

194

Matthew Crownover

Washington Nationals

Clemson

2011

7

220

Nicholas Shumpert

Detroit Tigers

Highlands Ranch (Colo.) HS

2014

8

234

Greg Pickett

Philadelphia Phillies

Legend (Colo.) HS

2014

10

294

Josh Tobias

Philadelphia Phillies

University of Florida

2010

10

311

Kep Brown

St. Louis Cardinals

Wando (S.C.) HS

2014

And 24 more PG All-Americans were selected on Day 3 (rounds 11-40) of the draft, marking 60 total players that were selected in the 2015 MLB Draft: